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So, I've done a horrible job the last 2 weeks of updating, therefore I have lots to say! So here goes!
Baby Evenden Update
Things on this front are going quite well. I heard from my doctors last week (oh, I found a new doctor here in SC that I really like, YEAH!) and the results of my 3 hour glucose tests came back negative! So, I do NOT have gestational diabetes like they were thinking. One bonus of all of this is that I had cut sugar out of my diet as much as possible and I am still DOWN 15 lbs. through the pregnancy thus far. He is kicking like mad these days and at times I think he may be hosting dance parties in there. It's such an odd feeling knowing that there is something living in there, but cool none the less. Joe has been pretty excited now that he can feel it, somehow it makes it all much more real. We also ordered the bedding for the baby and love it. We've started looking at paint to finish the room and all that good stuff, but there are some issues with the house so we are holding off for now (more and that later).
This is the bedding we got! We love it!
Fun things we've done
So, we've actually been able to have some fun the last few weeks. Bruiser started obedience school this week and both Joe and I were able to go with him and it was fun (maybe that's just because I don't get out of the house near enough!). He was the most hyper dog in the group but he's smart and mastered his first 3 commands the first night. He did try and hump (maybe this isn't an appropriate blogging topic?) a rather proper schnauzer and it's owner freaked but oh well. He's getting fixed tomorrow so hopefully that solves that problem!
Friday Joe had a 1/2 day of school and came home and said that he had arranged for Bruiser to be boarded for the night and that we were going to have some fun. He found this place call Brooke's Bed and Biscuit and it was a little puppy resort! Bruiser got his own private room and got to play with lots of other dogs his size outside and in the inground swimming pool!
This is where Bruiser was
Needless to say, he had a great time! We took the night and went onto the island and got a room near the beach. We went down to the beach even though is was REALLY windy and overcast and just walked on the beach and sat for awhile. Then we went to dinner, played some putt putt and went to bed! We had breakfast in the morning and did a little shopping and then got our dog who we missed a lot (we know, we're pathetic!). We just kind of hung out the rest of the weekend.
Housing update
This continues to be an interesting situation! When we got here there was a notice on the mailbox saying that this house that we are renting has been seized for back taxes. This really was no surprise to us seeing as how SHADY the landlord is (you wouldn't believe the stories we could tell and have heard about this man) but none the less we did some research to make sure that we wouldn't be thrown out on our ear. The house goes to public action on the 6th of October and the owners then have a year and 1 day to recover the house before we could be asked to leave. Well, to make this story shorter, we love this house and would love to buy it. However the house next door is identical to this one, only it has many more upgrades. It is in pre-foreclosure and we picked up an info sheet on it the other day. The price has dropped A LOT and really was something we were interested in. So, we called the realtor today...She had a LOT to say about our shady landlord and it sounds like this house we are currently in could be foreclosed on soon as well which wouldn't be good for us. The tricky part is this...The house is in the landlord's wife's name, but we pay him rent. The kicker is they are going through a divorce! So, we don't even know if our money is going to the owner or not...oh so messy! So we are getting some advice from a lawyer and in the mean time hoping I get a job soon (more on this later as well) so we can proceed on trying to buy the house next door.
Job Updates
Joe's job continues to be going well. Some days he wants to strangle the kids, but I think he secretly loves it. He's learning to balance his time and trying not to obsess about having the perfect lesson plans and so forth.
As for me, I just recently started applying for some office type jobs. I have been unable to find anything graphic design related and have felt like I'm running into every possible wall with the office jobs. Well, we received this local magazine in the mail a few weeks ago and I was really impressed with it. It's very well done and really professional. So, today I sent the art director and email just telling her how impressed I was and that I was new to the area and a graphic designer. I included my resume and asked her to keep me in mind should they ever be hiring. Well, not 5 minutes after I sent the email she called me and asked to set up an interview!! How crazy, but I'm interviewing on Wednesday. Just praying this goes well. She of course doesn't know that I'm prego and I'm really hoping that's not too much of a turn off. If your interested here's the website of the magazine (they actually produce 2). www.celebratehiltonhead.com
Well, that's the Evendens the last 2 weeks. Hope that everyone else is doing well!
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